In their cross-generational Real Estate in a Digital Age 2017 Report, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) research department revealed that home buyers are more comfortable than ever starting and continuing their home search online. In fact, almost half (44%) of home buyers launch their new home search online - and 95% of them continue their search online.
How we generated 65% more business with Matterport
Matterport 3D tours now native to realtor.com’s iOS app!
Last week, realtor.com announced it officially integrated Matterport 3D Showcase into their iOS app, enabling home buyers to explore Matterport Spaces from their iPhone or iPad. Users of realtor.com’s iOS app will now see a 3D icon overlaid on the featured photo of listings that are equipped with the tours. According to recent research from realtor.com®, consumers rank 3D virtual home tours as the second most desired feature in the home search experience, behind large, high quality photos.
[Prediction] 2017 Will be a Year for VR Adoption for Business
WebVR for Daydream: How Google and Matterport are making virtual reality a reality for business
Content creation for virtual reality: see us at SVVR!
Imagine a world where you could teleport to a new location in an instant. That’s the world Matterport and a handful of other 3D companies are creating, and we’re getting closer than you might expect! We’re fascinated by the prospect of building a digital “mirror world” that lets anyone explore any place with the push of a button.
3 Tools To Build Trust with Remote Buyers
Technology has made the real estate world a much smaller place. Remote buyers, once limited by lacking online property information, now have access to a huge variety of online tools offering immersive, interactive experiences of a potential new home from anywhere in the world. Real estate agents hoping to capture more remote buyers, and potentially generate higher bids for their sellers, should leverage the most immersive technologies available in order to build confidence and trust from a distance.
Climb Inside the Belly of these WWII-Era Bombers
Harold Plunkett pauses in the center section of the Collings Foundation B-17 and places his hand on the ball turret gun, suspended in its belly.
“Yup, I was killed twice here, over Italy, a couple of weeks apart.”
Haiti Communitere and the Uses for Virtual Reality in International Development
Kachina Gosselin works at the intersection of engineering and international development. She sees significant potential for a fast, immersive way to experience places in need of aid to increase donor and volunteer engagement was well as increase accountability for workers. She took a camera to Haiti Communitere (HC) in Port au Prince to try some ideas.